Tv, Movie Projects To Keep Hines Busy

June 14, 1985|New York Daily News

The very hot, very talented Gregory Hines, who currently is hoofing away in a New York workshop presentation of Mr. Jelly Lord, a musical based on the life of Jelly Roll Morton, has landed the lead in MGM-UA`s Running Scared, which rolls in September with Billy Crystal as co-star.

And that`s going to give the Cotton Club star a very full year. He has got a segment of Amazing Stories, featuring him as both director and star, set for NBC airing in September. And Columbia Pictures is planning a major unveiling of his and Mikhail Baryshnikov`s White Nights come November.

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Raquel Welch is putting together a new stage act in preparation for her July gig at Atlantic City`s Sands Hotel, which she views as the beginning of a tour that ``I`ll do whenever it fits into my schedule.``